apparently they have sold close to 1500 tickets already. Lofty, I am in Belleville quite frequently and will be doing placement there for 10 weeks starting at the end of April... no one I know in Belleville (who are not in the MMA community) has heard of it, I wonder who is scooping up all those tickets?

My brother lives 5 min walk from the arena and hasn't seen one poster or anything. They do have an ad on a local radio show though.

Ian if they have sold close to 1500 tickets a month out from the show, then this is the most successful advance ticket sales in Ontario MMA history at the 1 month out mark by far (yes I checked my records) including Bellator (but excluding, of course, the UFC).

Since they have no fights announced it is not because of the card, so one could infer that Belleville just loves fighting and is the new mecca of MMA.

xIanx - apparently they have sold close to 1500 tickets already. Lofty, I am in Belleville quite frequently and will be doing placement there for 10 weeks starting at the end of April... no one I know in Belleville (who are not in the MMA community) has heard of it, I wonder who is scooping up all those tickets?

My brother lives 5 min walk from the arena and hasn't seen one poster or anything. They do have an ad on a local radio show though.

I have no idea who is buying them. I have a student who bought tickets yesterday and he got them in the second row, so you might wanna call shenanigans on 1500 tickets

I think Robin, you're spot on about the difficulties that a promoter will face in putting together a card this close to the fight.

on that note, we were actually contacted by the matchmaker earlier this week and we tried to work to get some matches with a couple of our guys. Unfortunately, we couldn't find agreeable matches, but we're still going to work with the guys as best we can to promote local MMA.

When thinking logically, claiming any ticket sales at all would suggest that, since there were no fights booked whatsoever until yesterday, the tickets were sold just because "MMA is coming to town".

In the last year, advance ticket sales in Windsor, Kingston, Oshawa, Brampton, Hamilton and Mississauga would suggest that, in fact "MMA is coming to town" sells zero tickets in small markets. So far, "MMA" the sport (without intriguing match ups, recognizable names and/or home town heroes) has proven to sell no tickets on its own.

Is it different in Belleville?

Is there anything different at play here that could result in some ticket sales when "MMA is in town" has traditionally resulted in no sales?

Maybe their use of the charity?

I like the Misha fight. Good to see him back in there quick, good match up.

Robin Black - When thinking logically, claiming any ticket sales at all would suggest that, since there were no fights booked whatsoever until yesterday, the tickets were sold just because "MMA is coming to town".

In the last year, advance ticket sales in Windsor, Kingston, Oshawa, Brampton, Hamilton and Mississauga would suggest that, in fact "MMA is coming to town" sells zero tickets in small markets. So far, "MMA" the sport (without intriguing match ups, recognizable names and/or home town heroes) has proven to sell no tickets on its own.

Is it different in Belleville?

Is there anything different at play here that could result in some ticket sales when "MMA is in town" has traditionally resulted in no sales?

Maybe their use of the charity?

I like the Misha fight. Good to see him back in there quick, good match up.

It could be the use of charity, but more important, the tie to the military because of the base in trenton.

There was a professional boxing card here in belleville a couple of years ago, and they had 2000 in attendance, so it's not an impossible amount to claim 1500 tickets sold, I suppose. The difference is that Harrison McBain was the main event, and he's from belleville. Also, Belleville has always historically been boxing friendly, 50,000 people here and 3 boxing clubs in town.

You know, one time I managed to get Terry T from KOTC to talk about KOTC in the early days. They used to get the fighters to sell most of their tickets. That way the fighters got paid by the more tickets they sold. Gyms would take to the streets looking to sell the tix for their fighters.

You have to wonder if trying to just put together a card is enough anymore in this current market.

Portion of Proceeds to Benefit Memorial in Tribute of Fallen Canadian Soldiers

Stoney Creek, ON (April 11, 2012) – With just over two weeks to go until its inaugural event thunders into Belleville to entertain fight fans at the Yardmen Arena in support of the Highway of Heroes Memorial Fund, Discipline Mixed Martial Arts (DMMA) today announced the packed card for its Friday, April 27 show.

The main card will feature several names familiar to Ontario MMA fans, including Joel Powell and Misha Cirkunov, whose fights will close out the monumental show.

Powell, a heavy-handed Hamilton native who competed at the 2001 world wrestling championships, will headline the event opposite BJJ ace and Team Nogueira product, Fabio Moraes – a Brazil native who will make his North American debut on the card. The fight could easily end early for either man or make for a back-and-forth battle of attrition. Either way, the winner will be the fans in attendance who will get to see these two rising talents before they make it to a bigger stage.

The co-main event will see Toronto-based grappling phenom Cirkunov match mettle with Caleb Grummet – a reputable wrestler with professional boxing experience. Both combatants fight to finish, but can go the distance if necessary.

Rounding out the main card will be up-and-coming star and former Olympian Ainsley Robinson versus durable Eric Attard, Daniel Ireland versus Tim Chessell in a classic Belleville versus North Bay grudge match, a Canada versus USA pairing between Sudbury native Anna Barone and American Ashley Sanchez, and a barnburner in the making between fellow Ontario sluggers Denis Puric and Daryle Pinter.

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